I gather the Aussies aren't too pleased about this either. They have not broken
any laws in Australia over this but an Australian radio presenter has stated
that the two offending radio presenters involved in this may never work on
radio again. I expect the Australians may well now introduce a law against
this type of thing ever happening again similar to protective laws we have
here in the UK. In the UK, if you intend to broadcast a prank such as this one
you must first tell the person involved that you intend to broadcast first before
you can ask them any questions. The radio station involved is considered to
be a naff outfit anyway and currently this morning they are getting a very bad
response from the Australian general public. There being bombarded with hate mail
on their web site and twitter site too.The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

I gather the Aussies aren't too pleased about this either. They have not broken
any laws in Australia over this but an Australian radio presenter has stated
that the two offending radio presenters involved in this may never work on
radio again. I expect the Australians may well now introduce a law against
this type of thing ever happening again similar to protective laws we have
here in the UK. In the UK, if you intend to broadcast a prank such as this one
you must first tell the person involved that you intend to broadcast first before
you can ask them any questions. The radio station involved is considered to
be a naff outfit anyway and currently this morning they are getting a very bad
response from the Australian general public. There being bombarded with hate mail
on their web site and twitter site too.

You're not wrong on that, The Sydney Morning Herald has gone to a full page spread on the story. Not very often they do that.

I think that it will be accepted that it was intended as a prank call, and they had no inkling that anyone would die because of it. Nevertheless, it was clearly in bad taste, and shouldn't have happened. They may well never work in broadcasting again, but they will also have the death on their consciences for the rest of their lives, which will be punishment enough.

This just goes to show that media presenters must adhere to a moral code of behaviour, whether newspapers, TV, or radio, and that there are sometimes unintended consequences from what may seem at the time to be jolly japes.